Let Your Eco-Conscience Be Your Guide
When it comes to environmental sustainability, being a good steward can be a win-win situation. An industry that positions itself as a leader in eco-friendliness [...]
A New Public Market for Victoria
In the spring of 2013, a new permanent farmers’ market will become a destination for locals and tourists in downtown Victoria, thanks in part to [...]
Sweet Tweets Spread News of Strawberry Season
Fresh may be best, but when it comes to strawberries, harvest time brings considerable challenges for growers. In BC, the strawberry harvest lasts for only four [...]
Hearty Winter Vegetables in the Creston Valley
Regarded within Central Kootenay as the core of agricultural activity, the Creston Valley has the potential to produce food for the entire Kootenay Region and [...]
Nutrient Conservation with Dairy Cattle
When it comes to cattle, Fraser Valley dairy farmers have their hands full. Large herd sizes mean dealing with increasing amounts of manure which must [...]
Okanagan Similkameen Reduces Agricultural Waste
Some projects are so successful, the benefits keep coming and new projects are born. That’s what’s happening in the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS). [...]
Improving Irrigation Uniformity in Cranberry Fields
With no hands up, they knew something needed to be done. At the August 2009 Cranberry field day, cranberry growers learned about the importance of [...]
Natural Option for Starling Control
BC blueberry growers lose millions of dollars each year to starling damage. These prolific and invasive birds descend on berry fields to eat the ripe [...]
Exploring Agri-Energy Opportunities
Some projects have a reach that goes far beyond the agriculture sector. Reducing greenhouse gases and increasing BC’s production of renewable energy is important to [...]
The Pest is History in BC Nurseries
In 2004, the BC nursery industry was severely impacted when a plant disease called Phytophthora ramorum (or Sudden Oak Death) was found in plants shipped into BC, [...]
